Here's my Post-Standard review of Mark Doyle and the Maniacs' "Shake 'em on Down -- A Salute to the 60s British Blues Boom."

When Mark Doyle tackles a genre, watch out.

The veteran Syracuse musician and producer turns his bright spotlight onto the 1960s British blues music that caught his ears when he was falling in love with playing the guitar.

Doyle calls his new crew The Maniacs. Terry Quill on second guitar and harmonica, Jack "Penetrator" Lipton on vocals, Michael P. Ryan on vocals and bass and Frank DeFonda on drums indeed go wild on "Shake 'em on Down -- A Salute to the 60s British Blues Boom."

These 10 songs do for this invasion what Doyle's "Guitar Noir" did for atmospheric soundscapes and "Out of the Past" did for instrumental takes on pop.

Call it a magic carpet ride through the glory and power first crafted by Them ("Mystic Eyes"), the Yardbirds ("I'm Not Talking" and "Smokestack Lightning"), Peter Green ("Fleetwood Mac" and "Sandy Mary") , Savoy Brown ("Shake 'em on Down" and "Needle and Spoon"), John Mayall ("Parchman Farm") and Robin Trower ("Messin' the Blues").

Thanks to the pristine sound captured and mixed by Jocko at More Sound in Syracuse, you can hear the love and talent in every delicious, invigorating lick, beat and word.

For an added treat, Doyle wrote "New Set of Blues" with old Free Will mates Joe Whiting and George Egosarian. The Maniacs deliver it full of suspense, power and affection, fitting to that era, all the T's crossed and I's dotted.

Catch a show: Mark Doyle and the Maniacs play their premiere set at 7 p.m. Friday at the Taste of Syracuse's Clinton Square stage.

With Jeff Jones and vocals and guitar, Shaun Sullivan on bass, guitars and vocals and Fred Cousineau on drums and vocals, the 10 cuts in "Thank Drugs We Are Not on God" sound great played loud.

Jones catches the vagaries of love in his stare on "No Signal," singing "I knew from the start she'd be problematic, always giving me hassles and giving me static. Leaned in close, I tried to kiss her. Right in her ear, I said I'd never miss her."

There's the boom of thunder and crackle of lightning in the anti-war songs "George Bush" and "Makes Me Sick."

Produced by Jones and Jeff Moleski and MoleTrax Studios in Eastwood, the album also souonds wonderful at lower volume.

"Secretly Hating You" closes the collection, with Jones quietly and acoustically confessing how he really feels.

Catch a show: The Legendary Jones Gang plays at 8 p.m. June 25 at the Lost Horizon in Syracuse.

Modern pop-rock band White Picket Fence marches to its own internal beat on "Clocks & Calendars."

The vocals of Elise Miklich, guitars of Kelly Clancy and Logan Messina, bass of Ryan Chapman and percussion of Garrett Koloski bring power and finesse to the 10 original songs, sharply produced by Steve Sopchak at his Square Studios in Marcellus.

There's hot and fast work in "Dangerous Machines," power rides in "If I Ever Reach the Coast" and jingle-jangle in "Artwork Arms."

The brightest spots might be the short and interesting flurry of acoustic guitar pop in "Prepare, Produce, Secure" and smooth moves in the title cut as Micklich sings to great a new year, "Party's over, and I'm picking up the remains of the people I love."